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The University of Toronto's Centre for Medieval Studies hosts one of the largest interdisciplinary medieval studies programs in the world. https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/
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Save the Date: November 18 - "From Photographing Life to Saving Souls After Death": A Workshop with Nicole Liao and Ariana Sider Mésenge at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
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From Photographing Life to Saving Souls After Death: A Workshop with Nicole Liao and Ariana Sider Mésenge | The Munk School
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November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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C. P. Lesley's 3 favourite reads in 2025 include Lucy Pick's "The Queen's Companion"

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Want to know C. P. Lesley's Top 3 Books of 2025?
C. P.'s top 3 reads of 2025 include Maya & Natasha and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!
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November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Jack McCart awarded Dean’s Doctoral Excellence Scholarship on SGS News 🎉
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November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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"How frogs were used as medicine in the medieval age" - Greti Dinkova-Bruun speaks to Emile Donovan for Radio New Zealand.

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How frogs were used as medicine in the medieval age
Greti Dinkova-Bruun is a Fellow and Library Director at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, and has been looking into medieval texts to find how frogs were depicted and used for ...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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@utoronto.ca Celebrates: @uoftcms.bsky.social PhD Candidate Jack McCart's academic achievement.
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Jack McCart awarded Dean's Doctoral Excellence Scholarship
Jack McCart, a PhD candidate at the Centre for Medieval Studies in the Faculty of Arts & Science, has been awarded the faculty's Dean’s Doctoral Excellence Scholarship. The scholarship recognizes stud...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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The full-time tenure-stream position in Late Antiquity closes this Thursday, November 6!
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We're Hiring! The Department of Classics and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto invite applications for a full-time, tenure-stream position in Late Antiquity.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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There's still time to register to hear Laura Moncion talk about medieval recluses!

Wednesday at 11 EST on Zoom, 👇
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Il est encore temps de vous inscrire pour écouter Laura Moncion parler des reclus médiévaux !

Mercredi à 11 h EST sur Zoom, 👇
November 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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A reminder that next week, CMS will hold two Open Houses - one in person, one virtual - for prospective students wishing to learn more about our MA and PhD Programming. Register your spot for November 4 or November 6! uoft.me/bWp
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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I've written some of my very favourite essays for @longreads.com (and worked with some great editors). You can read the rest here:

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Irina Dumitrescu, Author at Longreads
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October 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Halloween is the perfect time to learn more about Canada's first documented 'demon possession' case.

Check out this interview with Mairi Cowan about her book The Possession of Barbe Hallay.
Historian discovers new details in Canada's first documented 'demon possession' case | CBC Radio
A demonic possession, a do-it-yourself exorcism, and the execution of an accused witch — welcome to daily life in Quebec City, circa 1660. Historian Mairi Cowan shares the story of Canada’s earliest...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Latin America History Month Open House
Woodblock from "The Puerto Rican War Collection"
Tomorrow, October 31, Maclean Hunter Room, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto; 12pm-5pm
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October 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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The latest issue of "Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies" includes contributions by two CMS Students!
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October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Publication – « The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing », éd. Sebastian Sobecki

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Publication – « The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing », éd. Sebastian Sobecki
The Middle Ages laid the foundations for the long European and Middle Eastern history of voyaging, colonialism, and expansion: the Papal embassies that took over a year of overland travel to reach …
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October 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Check out my new single “Interesting Times” on your platform of choice!

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October 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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BOOK LAUNCH: 📖 Join David Townsend online or in person at CMS for "Historical Fiction and Its Discontents," an introduction to and reading from his new book, "The Ram in the Thicket, A Novel of Medieval Norwich."
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October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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#NewSong “Interesting Times”! 🎸

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October 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Applications are open for:

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October 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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A new episode of The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : The Two Hundred Years’ War with Michael Livingston www.medievalists.net/2025/10/the-... #medievalsky #podcasts
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This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Michael Livingston about why the Hundred Years’ War should actually be called the Two Hundred Years’ War, what actually touched off the…
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October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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"Partition Truces in the Crusading Period" - CMS Alum, Bogdan Smarandache joins CrusadingHistory for a deep dive into the fascinating world of partition truces.

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Partition Truces in the Crusading Period
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October 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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I’ve been reflecting on independent and assertive Catholic religious women. #medievalsky

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Nuns are earning a reputation for being defiant, but obedience has always had its limits
(RNS) — Nuns have long defied assumptions that religious women are fundamentally passive and obedient.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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The Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto is holding an Open House for prospective Students! Visit us in person on November 4 - or virtually via Zoom on Thursday, November 6 - to learn about MA and PhD programming directly from current students, faculty, and alumni!
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October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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"In a new study published in Mediaeval Studies, Greti Dinkova-Bruun explores how the frog leapt between the worlds of healing and storytelling, showing how this humble amphibian embodied both physical and moral meaning."
October 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Congratulations to CMS PhD Candidate, Jack McCart, recipient of this year's Dean’s Doctoral Excellence Scholarship! 🎉
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#UofTArtSci student Jack McCart has been awarded the Dean's Doctoral Excellence Scholarship for his research in death, patronage and memory among the 14th century merchant elite of London.

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October 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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PhD Candidate, Jack McCart discovered an illumination predicting Toronto's big win! Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, fol. 78r depicts fans celebrating a Blue Jay! Go Jays Go! @torontobluejays.bsky.social
three medieval figures blowing a trumpet at a blue jay
October 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM